Funeral services for Debbie Faye Thorpe Shelton will be on October 5, 2025 at Brookhaven Funeral Home in Brookhaven, MS at 2:00 p.m. with burial to follow in Shelton Family Cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home will oversee the arrangements. Visitation will be held at Brookhaven Funeral Home on October 5, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Debbie Shelton, 70, of Blue Hill, MS, passed away on the morning of October 3, 2025 at University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. She was born in Natchez, MS on January 12, 1955 to Darol Lore Thorpe and Jane Perry Dunlap Thorpe.

On June 2, 1973, she married the love of her life, Charles Warren "Bull" Shelton.  They had three boys, Chuck, Jason, and Seth Shelton. She was a member of Blue Hill Methodist Church. She owned and operated Shelton Poultry Farms.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her in-laws, her wonderful husband, Bull, sister, Tina Carothers, brother, Darol Thorpe, and grandson, Camden Shelton.

Survivors are her sister, Karen (Jeff) Bush, brother, Kenny Thorpe, brother, Tracy Thorpe, sister, JoDay Boyles, sister-in-law, Ginger Copeland, brother-in-law, Freddie (Katie) Shelton, brother-in-law, Eddie (Libby) Shelton, son, Chuck (Patty) Shelton, son, Jason (Mandy) Shelton, and son, Seth (Annie) Shelton, and a host of nieces and nephews.  She is survived by seven grandchildren, Luke, Channell, Brenlee, Charley, Parker, Ella, and Hadley, whom she loved dearly.

In her free time, she loved crafting, gardening, making wreaths, traveling with her family to Gatlinburg, TN, and designing T-shirts for her grandchildren.  Debbie also loved to shop and do word search puzzles.

The family would like to offer a thank you to Bro. Matt Scopel, the staff of Merit Health River Oaks, the staff of University Medical Center, the staff of MORA, and Brookhaven Funeral Home.